I'm happy to report that the expert on trail dies inspected this coin and confirmed it as the earliest known example of a trail die --listed as 1869(URU)-4(cen)DEO-001T 180°
I think the date was on the hub in this case because the doubling is similar to the other devices. Kinda interesting for a mid-19th C. coin. (The 1869-H was minted at Heaton/Birminghan UK).
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